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but the united states is -- allies. but the united states has been criticized and slow and lukewarm in providing that support. the french complained that while they've gotten american intelligence and air lift support. tanker support has been lacking and then there's the question of being billed for the services. services received. and critics are saying that the administration that this violates some of the administration's tenets. first we'll fight al-qaeda wherever it and we'll engage with allies. how do you answer that and what has been any of the slowing of support? >> we do support the french. that's a fight that we have a dog in. that is the fight against al- qaeda and the establishment potentially of a safe haven for al-qaeda and the islamic magrave up in the northern part of mali. we do support the french. we are doing things and wee not asking for reimbursement for the things that we're doing and the french as is very understandable and welcome, asked first for intelligence. then for transport. now we're discu
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and with the appropriate answers, he will be voted out by the committee and voted for the job by the united states senate. >> tell us a bit more about what goes to war against him, why they're against it. >> -- what those who are against them, why they are against him. >> some have caused him to have to apologize for the statements. he has been insensitive to the gay lesbian and transvestite community with a comment he made about a proposed selection a few years ago. of course, there are some who believe he is not strong enough behind the state of israel in terms of protecting its from iran. >> is a likely to do anything different to bring anything different to the floor on that issue? >> chuck hagel brings a lot to the floor and a lot to the entire defense portfolio. he is a unique person. he served as an infantry riflemen in vietnam. he would be the first sergeant ever to move up the ranks to secretary of defense. he seems to be someone more concerned about ensuring that as we operate overseas, we operate as members of a coalition rather than unilateral action. i think he brings a perspec
and with the appropriate answers, he will be voted out by the committee and voted for the job by the united states senate. >> tell us a bit more about what goes to war against him, why they're against it. >> -- what those who are against them, why they are against him. >> some have caused him to have to apologize for the statements. he has been insensitive to the gay lesbian and transvestite community with a comment he made about a proposed selection a few years ago. of...
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. >> the united states is in the final chapter of the struggle to ensure afghanistan can govern and protect itself. that is defense secretary panetta's message. both men agree that the more than decade-long war has been costly. >> we have sacrificed together. that has created a bond that will not be broken in the future. >> u.s. troops are expected to leave afghanistan by the end of next year. today's meeting comes one day before karzai meeting with president obama at the white house. >> metro is looking at its security, specifically on buses. in the wake of a shooting incident last december that left a young mother dead and her daughter wounded. brown was shot to death while she was boarding a bus. her 23-month-old daughter was shot in the face but survived. authorities say the child's father later killed himself. police say that they caught the man who stole two police cruisers last month. they are both charged with grand larcenyny. the cruisers were stolen within days of each other. a missing shotgun and mobile computer remains unaccounted for. >> the coast guard is holding hearings to i
. >> the united states is in the final chapter of the struggle to ensure afghanistan can govern and protect itself. that is defense secretary panetta's message. both men agree that the more than decade-long war has been costly. >> we have sacrificed together. that has created a bond that will not be broken in the future. >> u.s. troops are expected to leave afghanistan by the end of next year. today's meeting comes one day before karzai meeting with president obama at the...
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but we have to, just unite on our principals, our principals of limiteded government. as a mayor, it's pretty simple for me, i ask myself three questions whenever i make a decision about anything. is it affordable, is it sustainable, is it my job? where we get into trouble is when we start dividing and start figuring out, you know, somebody uses opportunity for political gain here, or somebody uses an opportunity for something else, we have to start uniting on our principles and start communicating that to the american people. we would do so much better. >> i want to put up some of the exit polls and basically what they show is anyone from 18 to 39 boobama won all the young people. latino, 71%. and the republican party doesn't want to be the party that goes after segments of society. how do you attract latinos, how do you attract young people without sort of catering in a way that republicans say they don't want. >> in terms of latinos, in terms of asians, in terms of immigrants. i think we fall into the trap of looking at immigration too literally. what they sense is
but we have to, just unite on our principals, our principals of limiteded government. as a mayor, it's pretty simple for me, i ask myself three questions whenever i make a decision about anything. is it affordable, is it sustainable, is it my job? where we get into trouble is when we start dividing and start figuring out, you know, somebody uses opportunity for political gain here, or somebody uses an opportunity for something else, we have to start uniting on our principles and start...
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they get their own special little footnote here when it comes to housing misery in the united states. $11.6 billion is the size of the payment. and that's for fannie mae to rectify the losses that fannie mae took on toxic loans that they were sold by bank of america. so it has turned out to be a very costly day for bank of america with both this fannie mae settlement and the one that you talked about previously which settles some of the foredlfor foreclosure issues. we're looking for earnings out of alcoa. that's the first of the dow companies that will give us a sense of what this fourth quarter earnings season will look like. the market looking for the best numbers in three years from this business. hopefully they'll look a lot better than we saw from yumm brands which owns kfc and operates in china. they said they seen same store sales down 6%. apparently general cho trumps colonel sanders when it comes to the chicken wars. >> thanks, yum down is a very short headline. that fits anywhere. geoff cutmore, thank you. >>> a bit of sad news. richard ben cramer died of complications from
they get their own special little footnote here when it comes to housing misery in the united states. $11.6 billion is the size of the payment. and that's for fannie mae to rectify the losses that fannie mae took on toxic loans that they were sold by bank of america. so it has turned out to be a very costly day for bank of america with both this fannie mae settlement and the one that you talked about previously which settles some of the foredlfor foreclosure issues. we're looking for earnings...
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whether they're going to stay together the main message from the key leaders was that presenting a united front that they're in this for the full five years of course their plan so they laid out the next steps that are going to follow already being criticized by the opposition who said this is an empty promises no real substance here you know there was a lot of summing up we're going to get the details of this sort of bulk mid term or the in the coming weeks that some of the things that they saw to touched upon that they feel they've achieved and among the things like the welfare reform the education reform you know you cast your mind back to what that actually entailed we saw these huge protest movements a hike in the university fees that he's outraged and feats of london you know i think when you get this bulk of detail like this some he certainly seems to be brushed away the as i said a little bit awkward and it is very noticeable that people were laughing genuinely as i was sort of met with a kind of a nice silence in some part saying you know this is no laughing matter it's a very se
whether they're going to stay together the main message from the key leaders was that presenting a united front that they're in this for the full five years of course their plan so they laid out the next steps that are going to follow already being criticized by the opposition who said this is an empty promises no real substance here you know there was a lot of summing up we're going to get the details of this sort of bulk mid term or the in the coming weeks that some of the things that they...
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it's decidedly less than united states on per capita basis. >> you can't say what the murder rate. murder rate, gun murder rate? so many things don't even report that. they don't specify by gun violence. >> bob: i knew you were going to bring that up. >> kelly: the beckel board. >> bob: week after the tragedy in connecticut there were a hundred people killed with guns, a three-year-old was accidentally shot in oklahoma. a 16-year-old boy shot in georgia. all right. there were hundred of these. >> how many died in car accidents? how many were killed, how many were beat up? how many were hit with pipes. here is one, how many doctors kill patients accidentally. the number dwarfs anything that we are showing. >> kimberly: i don't go to the hospital. >> eric: but you started with the statistics and we respond. >> bob: i want to know how you can equate gun killings with cars. >> you are saying how many people died. it's because of lax gun laws. >> bob: it's because people have guns in the house. >> by the way, five times shot in the face. >> bob, a 14-year-old shot was shot during a home
it's decidedly less than united states on per capita basis. >> you can't say what the murder rate. murder rate, gun murder rate? so many things don't even report that. they don't specify by gun violence. >> bob: i knew you were going to bring that up. >> kelly: the beckel board. >> bob: week after the tragedy in connecticut there were a hundred people killed with guns, a three-year-old was accidentally shot in oklahoma. a 16-year-old boy shot in georgia. all right. there...
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i think you will see them probably in all of those units. you already see them serving in functions around the units, intelligence pie localities and whatnot. there are positions that are much better for females. there are things you can do in special operations with females more difficult to do with just men. so i think it -- it will come. it is easy to milwaukee a policy decision. i support that policy. as we implement it, it will be a little complex, because with rights come responsibility. right now, any mail can be moved to any job in the military for needs of the service. so once you open the door with rights, theoretically, you open the door where any female can be put in a combat position and we'll have to work our way through that. >> what does that mean for the requirements? because do you -- females as we know, just physically in general certainly there are females stronger than males, but in general, when you go -- when you go to some of the special forces, there are some physical things about women that make them less strong tha
i think you will see them probably in all of those units. you already see them serving in functions around the units, intelligence pie localities and whatnot. there are positions that are much better for females. there are things you can do in special operations with females more difficult to do with just men. so i think it -- it will come. it is easy to milwaukee a policy decision. i support that policy. as we implement it, it will be a little complex, because with rights come responsibility....
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of this temporary housing unit. she is checking on the residents health. she has been doing this job since september last year. during the day she works out of housing unit's meeting area. she tells the local officials what they want and need. she's a disaster survivor herself applied for the job hoping to help others. >> translator: i feel i couldn't stand by and do nothing. i wanted to be useful. >> reporter: now she feels that's harder to do. she feels stressed out and it shows. this office oversees 100 social workers. about 10% of them complain of health problems. it's a reaction to the malaise fed up with living in temporary housing, some residents take it out on the staff. >> translator: our workers listen to the occupants about housing problems and personal issues. some staff can solve problems on their own but others take them to heart and get stressed out. >> reporter: she struggled to deal with bad feelings between residents. some complained their next door neighbors were noisy. others asked her to make ch
of this temporary housing unit. she is checking on the residents health. she has been doing this job since september last year. during the day she works out of housing unit's meeting area. she tells the local officials what they want and need. she's a disaster survivor herself applied for the job hoping to help others. >> translator: i feel i couldn't stand by and do nothing. i wanted to be useful. >> reporter: now she feels that's harder to do. she feels stressed out and it shows....
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it was more transferring units around. a fair amount of forest protection efforts that were quite costly, although we will get savings. take a while before we break even. the best i can do is some rough history. if you look at the 93 and 95. i believe those were the two, the average savings once we were fully in place is two to 3 billion per year, and i think that is probably realistic if we get base closure authority to see that again. we would -- before we know for sure we would have to go through the process of going to every base and installation and organization and asking for data and making specific decisions and then letting the commission review them and make the choices. but i think there are more savings to be had commendably both in terms of dollars and the terms of civilian personnel command of the congress wants us to hold down defense spending and as they have said, that one has to reduce the number of spending personnel, the need to give us authority to move ahead with infrastructure consolidation. >> to mo
it was more transferring units around. a fair amount of forest protection efforts that were quite costly, although we will get savings. take a while before we break even. the best i can do is some rough history. if you look at the 93 and 95. i believe those were the two, the average savings once we were fully in place is two to 3 billion per year, and i think that is probably realistic if we get base closure authority to see that again. we would -- before we know for sure we would have to go...
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you said i moved here in 1986 from the united states, and i have come to really love it here. it's true. florida is a different place. >> it's really different. you know, politically bizarre, really bizarre spshgs my argument has been for a while -- we have 27 electoral votes, and we should just give them to somebody else. give them to some responsible, like wyoming. some state that would be able to -- we had in our last last detection -- i'm sure you aare aware of this -- president obama had already declared victory, and mitt romney had conceded defeat, and we still had people in miami waiting in line to vote. we're thinking vote for what? maybe we should start the 2016 election right now. maybe we'll get it done in time. i don't know. >> exactly. >> you also elect governors again and again who just seem like preposterous grifters. >> we've never had a normal governor. it's going to be rick scott, who is basically a lizard. let's be honest, against charlie krist, who is a traffic cone. charlie krist could be anything tomorrow. right now i think he is a democrat. >> shape shif
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in our country that he can't even speak about the jewish lobby or say that he's the senator from the united states and not from israel without being criticized for what this that tell you about the power of the israel lobby. that i'm a nation of john brennan as head of the cia is also under scrutiny in today's edition of breaking the set and as always abby martin pulls no punches describing the controversy surrounding the choice to watch the show at eleven thirty am g.m.t. here on our t.v. . the white house counterterrorism policy has gone a little something like this shoot first ask questions later and answer to no one cut you phrase for which we should thank john brennan in fact he coaches obama every terror tuesday on how to assassinate around the world this is the number one advisor overseeing the drone king's kill list john brennan's nickname is the assassination czar for godsake and this is the guy who is ushering this country through the next phase of the war on terror. one hundred eighty promises and just over two years left to prove to not all m. team the u.k. is running coalition
in our country that he can't even speak about the jewish lobby or say that he's the senator from the united states and not from israel without being criticized for what this that tell you about the power of the israel lobby. that i'm a nation of john brennan as head of the cia is also under scrutiny in today's edition of breaking the set and as always abby martin pulls no punches describing the controversy surrounding the choice to watch the show at eleven thirty am g.m.t. here on our t.v. ....
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chuck hagel said my first obligation is to the united states. i took an oath of office to defend the united states constitution. that doesn't mean he's anti-israeli. i have israeli friends, i support the israeli nation and defending themselves. however, break dot-dot, you know, you have to look at what's best for this nation first and how that's anti-semitic i don't know and that's the issue as far as i can tell regarding the rhetoric of hagel. >> john, another issue of particular of those like me on the left is hagel's comments that he made back in 1998 opposing president clinton's ambassador or nominee to be ambassador calling him openly aggressively gay and recently apologized for the comments and you were really instrumental in getting don't ask don't tell repelled so how do people with an equality for lgbt community and square those comments with supporting hagel's nomination? >> well, we obviously were involved in supporting, you know, a lot of lgbt community, the argument is if you served in iraq and afghanistan and three times why are yo
chuck hagel said my first obligation is to the united states. i took an oath of office to defend the united states constitution. that doesn't mean he's anti-israeli. i have israeli friends, i support the israeli nation and defending themselves. however, break dot-dot, you know, you have to look at what's best for this nation first and how that's anti-semitic i don't know and that's the issue as far as i can tell regarding the rhetoric of hagel. >> john, another issue of particular of...
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i'm a united states stor senate not an israeli senator. david miller said what he was talking about there wasn't as dire as many people are making it out to o be. he is opposed to some israeli policies but certainly not andty israeli. this is the guy who it said it to. do you buy mr. miller's argument? >> i don't know. i'm not going to speak to mr. hagel's heart. what i am concerned about is his record and his past policy positions and he previously expressed that with respect to iran, with respect to israel that he doesn't want criticism from other nations of the world. you know, that is not the job of the defense secretary. he is not being nominated to be secretary of state. you you want to talk about the most effective diplomacy this nation has seen in modern times? ronald reagan standing up and winning the cold war without firing a shot. and that was done with strength. if you are an irania mullah and looking at chuck hagel who thinks sanctions are to harsh you have to be laughing at the prospects of anything harsher than sanctions. >>
i'm a united states stor senate not an israeli senator. david miller said what he was talking about there wasn't as dire as many people are making it out to o be. he is opposed to some israeli policies but certainly not andty israeli. this is the guy who it said it to. do you buy mr. miller's argument? >> i don't know. i'm not going to speak to mr. hagel's heart. what i am concerned about is his record and his past policy positions and he previously expressed that with respect to iran,...
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this is just common sense to mothers, fathers, parents in the united states. we had a poll out this week that over 75% of parents think we need to take stronger action to strengthen our gun laws. i think the issue here is really not one extreme versus another. it is the broad middle rising up and saying you know what, we can do something about it. after newtown, the idea that we do nothing is a tragedy. >> chris: let's look at some of the ideas and he is pretty open about them that vice president is suggesting and probably will offer to the president on tuesday. new limits on assault weapons. new limits on high capacity magazines that hold 30 rounds, maybe even 100 rounds. universal background checks and a crackdown on gun trafficking. which of those that i specifically mentioned do you think would do the most good in terms of solving the problem and which do you think is most likely to get through congress? >> well, universal background checks is really important. right now, 40% of guns sold in the united states don't have any check system. that is more than
this is just common sense to mothers, fathers, parents in the united states. we had a poll out this week that over 75% of parents think we need to take stronger action to strengthen our gun laws. i think the issue here is really not one extreme versus another. it is the broad middle rising up and saying you know what, we can do something about it. after newtown, the idea that we do nothing is a tragedy. >> chris: let's look at some of the ideas and he is pretty open about them that vice...
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. >> bill: you are a former stripper here in the united states or some other country. >> in the united states. and being a former stripper and 100% of the strippers are welfare recipients. >> you are telling me that the strippers are welfare recipients? >> yeah. >> aren't you getting paid. >> they need that money because they have someone baby-sitting their children so when they get off from work they may have to get money from that machine. >> bill: let me get this straight but you get paid to strip, right? >> you get paid. >> bill: but you are on welfare too. >> yes. >> they don't get paid enough. >> thank you, thank you so much. the benefit. you need -- this is something that we're -- i ran for governor for state of new york last year. this was a part of my platform in the beginning. >> bill: so you think it's okay then for people to access both strippers and people watching strippers? >> baseless for the say legislative body to get up and talk about this matter because you have people on wall street with businesses entire family son welfare. >> bill: that's not right. >> how could
. >> bill: you are a former stripper here in the united states or some other country. >> in the united states. and being a former stripper and 100% of the strippers are welfare recipients. >> you are telling me that the strippers are welfare recipients? >> yeah. >> aren't you getting paid. >> they need that money because they have someone baby-sitting their children so when they get off from work they may have to get money from that machine. >> bill:...
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. >>> richard mourdock wanted very badly to become a member of the united states senate. he beat out dick lugar to become the republican senate nominee in indiana. he got himself a democratic opponent that everybody seemed to think that he would beat handily. and then richard mourdock said this. >> life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if you become pregnant from being raped, that is something god intended to happen. that was sort of the end of richard mourdock. we went on the lose a senate race that he really should have one. and now the new senator from indiana is a democrat, joe donnelly. richard mourdock's view that the government should force rape victims to give birth to their rapist child because god intervened to make sure that certain rapes resulted in the impregnating of the rape victim, that fantastic theology was in the end too much for the residents of indiana to accept. there was also todd akin from the great state of missouri who was chosen by re
. >>> richard mourdock wanted very badly to become a member of the united states senate. he beat out dick lugar to become the republican senate nominee in indiana. he got himself a democratic opponent that everybody seemed to think that he would beat handily. and then richard mourdock said this. >> life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if you become pregnant from...
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we're talking about the united states of america going into default. the most powerful economy in the world saying our political system, our system is too disfunctional for us to reliably pay our bills. that would be anything but good for this country. if congressman salmon had been with me this morning, he would understand it. this morning i attended a briefing by the bipartisan policy on the debt ceiling. they did amazing work on this issue and really got into the weeds on it more than anyone i have seen before. they looked at how many checks the government sends out a month. how the payment software works, and i want to tell you, and maybe congressman salmon five of the things they had. because after you hear this you wouldn't want to bust for the debt ceiling, they project right now that the debt ceiling doomsday, really the final day for it would happen sometime between february 15th, and march one. either congress figures out the debt ceiling before then or things get very bad, real quick. first it means the federal government will have to defaul
we're talking about the united states of america going into default. the most powerful economy in the world saying our political system, our system is too disfunctional for us to reliably pay our bills. that would be anything but good for this country. if congressman salmon had been with me this morning, he would understand it. this morning i attended a briefing by the bipartisan policy on the debt ceiling. they did amazing work on this issue and really got into the weeds on it more than anyone...
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that is, with the conclusion they are no threat to the united states. it is a particularly grotesque moral failure to continue to detain people. the jailer is still believes should no longer be detained. >> obama's signing statement casts the restrictions like forbidding federal trials for guantanamo captives as an encroachment on executive powers. he said the law he signed -- what does a signing statement mean? he still sign the bill. >> precisely. put this way, it is little more than a press release. these arguments have merit, but they should have been acted on in the form of a veto, which he threatened to do last year and failed to do so. he threatened again to do so this year, and failed to do. it is another example of a failure of his political will to take concrete steps to act on his promise to close guantanamo. >> talk about the reauthorization of the nba, the national defense authorization act, overall. >> it is a defense department funding bill, which i think or which includes restrictions on the ability of the president to try people in the
that is, with the conclusion they are no threat to the united states. it is a particularly grotesque moral failure to continue to detain people. the jailer is still believes should no longer be detained. >> obama's signing statement casts the restrictions like forbidding federal trials for guantanamo captives as an encroachment on executive powers. he said the law he signed -- what does a signing statement mean? he still sign the bill. >> precisely. put this way, it is little more...
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what is the future of the relationship of the united states should and can have with afghanistan? you are not seeing a great deal of time spent on the ques. you are seeing a lot more time devoted to questions of previous statements he made about israel, about iran and about nuclear deterren deterrence. >> you know, you mentioned it looks like it's a rough day for hagel. there's no sign he's won over republicans with his performance today. there's also no sign he has lost any democrats at this point. there are no democrats who have publicly come out and said they'll to oppose him and with a straight party line vote, he will get confirmed. 55 democrats, 45 republicans in the senate. would the republicans try to mount some kind of a filibuster where if they could hold 41 votes together to prevent the vote on the nomination. conventional wisdom heading in to the hearings is too far to step even for republicans in this day and age to take. do you think there's any signs of today's hearings, any chatter during today's hearings and the hallways there they might now be thinking of a filib
what is the future of the relationship of the united states should and can have with afghanistan? you are not seeing a great deal of time spent on the ques. you are seeing a lot more time devoted to questions of previous statements he made about israel, about iran and about nuclear deterren deterrence. >> you know, you mentioned it looks like it's a rough day for hagel. there's no sign he's won over republicans with his performance today. there's also no sign he has lost any democrats at...
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hagel defending his iran stance saying unilateral sanctions, "don't work and just isolate the united states." republican critics many who bitterly remember his split from the iraq war are focusing on iran and israel. >> he's an honorable man. he's had a record of distinguished service, but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> but this issue of israel and iran is something the white house is nervous about. they began a feverish lobbying effort talking to key leaders of key jewish groups. senior white house officials, including chief of staff jack lu spent the weekend calling many leaders. if softened criticism from the anti-defamation league who put out this statement about hagel. "senator hagel would not have been my first choice, but i respect the president's prerogative." but it did not persuade former new york city mayor who the white house also reached out to both of them. after hagel was formally nominated dershowitz released a statement saying koch said, "frankly, i thought that there would come a time
hagel defending his iran stance saying unilateral sanctions, "don't work and just isolate the united states." republican critics many who bitterly remember his split from the iraq war are focusing on iran and israel. >> he's an honorable man. he's had a record of distinguished service, but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> but this issue of israel and iran is something the white house is nervous...
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aaron david miller quoted hagel saying the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here, but i'm a united states senator. i'm not an israeli senator. hagel supported the pentagon's old don't ask, don't tell policy governing gays in the military, and in 1998 said of president clinton's openly gay nominee to be ambassador of luxembourg, quote, i think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay -- openly air, gressively gay like mr. hormel -- to do an effective job. last month more than 14 years later hagel apologized for those comments. mr. hormel said he was skeptical. if mr. hagel is nominated set your tivo for the hearings. senator lindsey graham is here next on hagel and the debt. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> i'm joined by republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. senator, happy new year. thanks for being here. let me first talk abou
aaron david miller quoted hagel saying the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here, but i'm a united states senator. i'm not an israeli senator. hagel supported the pentagon's old don't ask, don't tell policy governing gays in the military, and in 1998 said of president clinton's openly gay nominee to be ambassador of luxembourg, quote, i think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay -- openly air, gressively gay like mr. hormel -- to do an effective job. last month more than 14 years...
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cats, they say, kill as many as 3.7 billion birds per year in just the united states. well, as you might imagine, we heard from some viewers. magoo of wickford, rhode island sent us this, quote, i am not a bird murderer, no matter what brian williams says on nbc news. don't judge me. end of quote. the bird community has so far been silent, perhaps because their ranks have been decimated. >>> and back to dog news. the american kennel club says the labrador retriever is the most popular dog in america for the 22nd straight year, because they're kind, smart, good sniffers and family-friendly. german shepherds, a solid number two. golden retrievers have edged out beagles for third place. >>> when we come back, beyonce faces the music and delivers a stunner. ♪ g sgreat year in the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. 'cause all our states are great. and now is when the gulf gets even better. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride or just lay in the sun. enjoy the wildlife and natural beauty. and don't forget our amazing seafood. so co
cats, they say, kill as many as 3.7 billion birds per year in just the united states. well, as you might imagine, we heard from some viewers. magoo of wickford, rhode island sent us this, quote, i am not a bird murderer, no matter what brian williams says on nbc news. don't judge me. end of quote. the bird community has so far been silent, perhaps because their ranks have been decimated. >>> and back to dog news. the american kennel club says the labrador retriever is the most popular...
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most of those students are told, they can't stay, get out of the united states. >> get out of the united states. he says for the first time in years both parts of immigration reform can happen. the illegal and the skilled immigration part of it. he also said the skilled part of the equation has, quote, been held hostage to the possible debate over illegal immigration and they haven't been able to fix the high-tech part of it because it's wrapped up in one bruising debate. >> what washington is doing when it comes to the lower immigration jobs it hijacking those higher edution jobs that we need? >> absolutely. >> with the tools that we have -- >> we want to import talent. but we want to grow talent. weapon want engineering and math in the education system. we have to do better with that. and he said better teachers make better students. he's not saying our teachers are bad -- >> our mechanics are bad. >> we need to raise up good teachers. we need to give feedback to teachers. to measure the teachers, find good teachers, find what they're doing right and replicate that. >> and did you rope
most of those students are told, they can't stay, get out of the united states. >> get out of the united states. he says for the first time in years both parts of immigration reform can happen. the illegal and the skilled immigration part of it. he also said the skilled part of the equation has, quote, been held hostage to the possible debate over illegal immigration and they haven't been able to fix the high-tech part of it because it's wrapped up in one bruising debate. >> what...
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he is someone who is involved in issues of national security as a united states senator. he's someone who has been involved as a leader of the atlantic council. but i think one thing that's terribly compelling, and it goes to his credibility with the forces, he's been a combat soldier. he's fought. he has literally walked in their boots. that i think will inspire great confidence in the military, also enlisted men that he deals with and women. so i think this situation where he's going to have to answer questions, he's prepared to do it, and i think he'll come out of this with strong support. >> martha, the president emphasized that senator hagel will also be the first enlisted soldier at the head of the pentagon. you talk to the military every day, have been embedded with the troops. how much of a difference do you think that will make that he served as an enlisted soldiers? >> i was in touch with a lot of soldiers last night via facebook and via e-mail, and they said it's great he has combat service but that's not what we're looking at, and this is a military that has s
he is someone who is involved in issues of national security as a united states senator. he's someone who has been involved as a leader of the atlantic council. but i think one thing that's terribly compelling, and it goes to his credibility with the forces, he's been a combat soldier. he's fought. he has literally walked in their boots. that i think will inspire great confidence in the military, also enlisted men that he deals with and women. so i think this situation where he's going to have...
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if congress refuses to give the united states the ability to pay its bill on time, consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. >> meanwhile, during a closed door meeting on friday, john boehner told members of the gop conference he plans to use the upcoming battle over raising the debt ceiling as leverage for more spending cuts. insiders on capitol hill have been told to prepare for chuck hag hagel's nomination for defense secretary. at the same time, a white house spokesperson says the president has not made a final decision yet. congress passed a hurricane sandy relief bill that provides 9.7 billion to the national flood insurance program, nearly out of money, republican leadership took heat from both parties. the house is set to vote on additional sandy aid. worth nearly $52 billion on january 15th. the senate is recessed until the 21st. >>> president obama and the fi
if congress refuses to give the united states the ability to pay its bill on time, consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. >> meanwhile, during a closed door meeting on friday, john boehner told members of the gop conference he plans to use the upcoming battle over raising the debt ceiling as leverage for more spending cuts. insiders on capitol hill have been told to prepare for chuck hag hagel's nomination for defense secretary. at the same time, a white house...
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he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how dick morris became a famous person. of course, president clinton did recover after the incident, mr. morris went on to become a conservative, and writes books about how sleazy the clintons are, "the green room" has a lot of room for information like that. that is how they came to feature dick morris, tearing a famous wide path of misprognostication. >> there is no chance he will get reelected. romney will win by a very large margin, a landslide, if you will, and we'll also win ten seats in the senate. we have a shot at not only winning in the senate. >> there is no president romney now getting ready to start his first te
he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how...
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give us what we want or we will tank the united states economy. that is reckless and irresponsible and we will not do it. >> guest: that is not addressing the problem. >> john: the president said if it is tide to the debt ceiling it is not a discussion to center. speaker boehner said it is it a discussion and we talk about raising the debt ceil we want a equal or greater off set in taxes and other cuts. is equal or greater off set in spending and other cuts. mitch mcconnell said this is it a argument you will have. >> now he has the tax rates he wants, his calls for balance means he needs to join us in the effort to achieve meaningful spending reform. the president may not want to have the debate, but it is one that he's going to have because the country needs it. >> john: does the country need that debate two years ago we had 14 trillion debt ceil now 16 tho to 18 trillion and that takes us to twint14 and then we will be at 20 trillion . people are rightly asking, when does this stop? >> guest: when does the madness stop? we need to solve the pro
give us what we want or we will tank the united states economy. that is reckless and irresponsible and we will not do it. >> guest: that is not addressing the problem. >> john: the president said if it is tide to the debt ceiling it is not a discussion to center. speaker boehner said it is it a discussion and we talk about raising the debt ceil we want a equal or greater off set in taxes and other cuts. is equal or greater off set in spending and other cuts. mitch mcconnell said...
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>> well, she's still the ambassador the united nations and extraordinarily influential. as long as tom donelan stays as the national security advisor these other positions are very important, people have input, but foreign policy is really run out of that not-so-grand office but perfectly grand west wing office. so susan rice i think will continue to do the job the way she's done it. i suspect if tom donelan ever moves on that susan rice would be a leading contender for that job and have the ability to do what tom donelan has done, which is to consolidate an enormous amount of authority and decision making. >> is there an emerging-- you may have touched on this at the top, david-- obama doctrine that might come out of this next four years? >> well, if the doctrine in the first four years, charlie, was that the united states will act unilaterally when its direct interests are affected-- think of the bin laden raid-- but that it will only act in concert with others when its interests are far more general-- think of the libya invasion where the president insisted that nato
>> well, she's still the ambassador the united nations and extraordinarily influential. as long as tom donelan stays as the national security advisor these other positions are very important, people have input, but foreign policy is really run out of that not-so-grand office but perfectly grand west wing office. so susan rice i think will continue to do the job the way she's done it. i suspect if tom donelan ever moves on that susan rice would be a leading contender for that job and have...
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the secretary general, at least at the united nations, saying that he has grave concerns. i shouldn't use the word condemned, but grave concerns about that israeli air strikes, the first in five years. at this time the united nations does not have details, he says, about the reported incident. what are they saying over there at the pentagon? we've also been briefed today that the vice president when he goes to the munich security conference this weekend is going to meet with the syrian envoy from the united nations, brahimi and will meet with the russian foreign minister and with the syrian national council. >> so far out of this building, while they're keeping many of the details close to the vest, we're not hearing any kind of condemnation, criticism, any negative response. in fact, according to one senior military official who we can only identify that way because they're not authorized to speak on the record of this subject, all they could say about it was, you know, the israelis, above anyone else, usually gets these things right. >> no condemnation at all. in fact, f
the secretary general, at least at the united nations, saying that he has grave concerns. i shouldn't use the word condemned, but grave concerns about that israeli air strikes, the first in five years. at this time the united nations does not have details, he says, about the reported incident. what are they saying over there at the pentagon? we've also been briefed today that the vice president when he goes to the munich security conference this weekend is going to meet with the syrian envoy...
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paul, the democrats believe this generation of democrats believe that over the last 40 or 50 years the united states made all of these social commitments to the population, social security, medicare, medicaid, now obamacare. >> paul: well, we have. >> and we have. and they think, the conventional wisdom shall the simpson-bowles type argument is, we can't afford this, that out 25 years from now, all of our taxes will be going to pay for these things. the obama democrats believe we made these commitments and we have to find a way to pay for them. they do not want to cut the spending. and so, u.s. spending, which has been about 20% of gdp since 1969, i think, they're trying to get it up to around 24 or 25% of gdp. we keep repeating this number, but in a 15 trillion dollar economy, every percent of gdp is a tremendous amount of spending. but tax revenue, the last three years, has been down around 16% of gdp. that's a tremendous gap. and they want to raise taxes to close that gap. >> but part that have reduction, no, normally, it's about 18, 18 1/2, and it's popped up under bill clinton's presiden
paul, the democrats believe this generation of democrats believe that over the last 40 or 50 years the united states made all of these social commitments to the population, social security, medicare, medicaid, now obamacare. >> paul: well, we have. >> and we have. and they think, the conventional wisdom shall the simpson-bowles type argument is, we can't afford this, that out 25 years from now, all of our taxes will be going to pay for these things. the obama democrats believe we...
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you don't have a safe and secure united states. we have to put a hard line on morsi. >> other issues making news, now,too. the president's choice of defense secretary. do you have concerns over chuck hagel's nomination? >> no, i don't. i think obviously we know about him. he's in the senate and had been a round for a long time. he is capable . i think the president deserves the right to choose whomever he thinks will serve well. i don't have concerns at all. >> you expect a fight over his nomination? >> let's be clear. i will not have a say on this. it will go to the senate. in speaking with the senate colleagues and public reaction. hagel, if he's not taking a hard line on hesbollah and ham as and gaza. he has a vague approach. i want to know where he stands and make sure he is a firm supporter of our ally in the middle east and that is israel. >> gentleman, i know there is a lot of questions coming your way. we are glad you are with us here today. >> thank you. >> it is a please and you are nice to agree with a republican. >> we
you don't have a safe and secure united states. we have to put a hard line on morsi. >> other issues making news, now,too. the president's choice of defense secretary. do you have concerns over chuck hagel's nomination? >> no, i don't. i think obviously we know about him. he's in the senate and had been a round for a long time. he is capable . i think the president deserves the right to choose whomever he thinks will serve well. i don't have concerns at all. >> you expect a...